FRIDAY CLASS
LEARNING TARGET: What is "procedural due process?"
* "Murder or Memory?" -- Chris Hanson and murder (1980s)
-- 5th Amendment due process: * What is a "voluntary confession"?
-- 5th Amendment due process: * expert witnesses: when does a question of law become a question of fact, allowing a jury to hear the testimony
* Warren Williams and murder (Florida -- 2010)
-- 5th Amendment due process: What are the questions involved in deciding whether or not a 14-year-old can be tried as an adult for murder? -- a mix of "public policy" (established under state law) and "constitutional law" (established by the U.S. Supreme Court)
* discuss juvenile justice system (N.Y. Time article "Re-Thinking Juvenile Justice") -- study guide
HOMEWORK: JUSTICE SEMESTER EXAM is Thursday (7:45 -- 9:15)